I just got back from a 300 mile loop over Red Mountain on the Million Dollar highway to Durango, then to Dolores, then back North over Lizard Head pass to Telluride then home. The goal of the trip was to visit the location where the Firework Stand scene in the movie "JOE DIRT" was filmed. I can cross that off my bucket list- Mike

Made an appointment with Racetech to get my Goose's forks softened up a bit. That thing will beat you to death on stutter bumps which is most of the freeways around here. They're almost as bad as RE forks with the factory sludge in them.Bare

I just got back from a 300 mile loop over Red Mountain on the Million Dollar highway to Durango, then to Dolores, then back North over Lizard Head pass to Telluride then home. The goal of the trip was to visit the location where the Firework Stand scene in the movie "JOE DIRT" was filmed. I can cross that off my bucket list- Mike

Nice!

I rode my foster bike on Monday, the '01 F650GS. Nothing crazy, just me and a couple of friends riding thru the foothills. I forgot how quiet that bike is, I can actually hear my surroundings and other bikes while riding it. It's a fun and capable bike, but not nearly as fun as the Blackhawk.

I went to the MEBC breakfast yesterday and we took a ride to Idyllwild. Great weather, great roads, good time! I fiddled with my rear shocks and the ride was considerably improved. They had been packing down on me because of a lack of adequate compression damping. A bit more camping certainly improved everything in the ride, and kept the rear end up do the front wasn't pushing any more!Bare

That is a nice looking bike, gizzo. I really like the shape of that engine - and the way that header comes down and wraps around that tear-dropped shape case. I like the proportions of this build - The fenders, the tires, and the stance all look really sharp. I like that nothing looks too clean either. A real, well used street machine. I like it!

Thanks, boggy. It's nice of you to say so. I like it a lot, too. The patina is staying, I like the grubbiness and protective layer of filth more than overpolished show finish on a bike like this. These bikes can be had for beer money in the states (even brand new), but are rarer than rocking horse shit in australia. They were only available for one year here ('86), took me two years to find the donor for this project. The upside is, no-one else has one, and hardly anyone even knows what it is

Thanks, boggy. It's nice of you to say so. I like it a lot, too. The patina is staying, I like the grubbiness and protective layer of filth more than overpolished show finish on a bike like this. These bikes can be had for beer money in the states (even brand new), but are rarer than rocking horse shit in australia. They were only available for one year here ('86), took me two years to find the donor for this project. The upside is, no-one else has one, and hardly anyone even knows what it is

That is a nice bike you have and it looks like we have similar tastes. I have same philosophy about building something unique and 1 of a kind. That's why I'm turning my Indian from a bobber to cafe racer. There's already quite a few Enfield/Indian bobbers out there. But how many full cafe racer Indians have you seen?! Besides, I already ride it like it's a race bike so I find it suiting for me.

Gizzo, that is one savage beast you've got there! I was looking for one a while back but the right one just didn't come along. My idea was to go the other way. Change the tank to make it look like something like a Royal Enfield. By the time I got one and did all that to it, I would have more $$ invested than a new Royal Enfield. I like the Scrambler kit that RYCA has for them but the Café just looks wrong. The rear tire is too far out back. Yours has just the right proportions. Makes you wish Suzuki would make one like that.